Don't you see?
Not like you, like me.
In a thousand ways,
Across a million days
You thought we're the same
What a shame.
You were there,
Why not share?
I vaguely remember your face,
Maybe the sound of a voice.
And was that the smile,
I missed this while?
Not to be,
don't you see?
A good heart lay wasted,
A sweet life went untasted.
What could have unfurled,
Tightly curled.
Reflections abound
No value found.
Tried to recover with home,
Only to be left alone.
Wishing for more,
Nothing held in store.
No regrets left,
Just survivor bereft.
A wake of kindness lost,
And counting the cost,
Of thought and sad memory
Too close to the tree.
